Curtain-roll support



(No Model.)

S. S. MAOKIN. CURTAIN ROLL SUPPORT.

Patented June 10, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I STEPHEN S. MAOKIN, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CURTAIN-ROLL SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,930, dated June 10, 1890.

Application filed March 8, 1890. Serial No. 343,190. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, STEPHEN S. MACKIN, of the city and county of WVorcester, and Oom monwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Roll Supports; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, and in Which Figure 1 represents a front view of my improved curtain-support, as will be hereinafter more fully described. Fig. 2 represents a back view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a side view looking in the direction indicated by arrow 1, Fig. 1. Fig. trepresents an end view looking in the direction indicated by arrow 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents a portion of the parts shown in Fig. 1, the view being the same with some of the parts removed, as will be hereinafter described; and Fig. 6 represents a frontview of the parts shown in Fig. 5 with an additional part, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will now describe the invention more in detail.

In the drawings, the partA is a metal piece or plate, in which is a rectangular slot B, and having at its ends A A ear-pieces C 0, provided with holes a a for the reception of screws, by which said plate A is fastened in position for use, as hereinafter explained.

D is a movable cross-bar,which rests against and may be adjusted back and forth on said plate and held in such adjusted position by the set-screw E, which screws into the clamppiece F and against the longitudinal arm G of cross-bar D, arm G being connected with the back of the curved central portion D of cross-bar D and extending to the rightin slot B, with projections 19 b on its front outer end, which rest upon the plate A 011 each side of slot B, as indicated in the drawings.

As arm G extends through a slot 0 in clamppiece F, as shown in full and dotted lines, Figs. 2 and 3, while the slotted end of clamppiece F extends through slot B and is provided with ears (1 d, which lap over onto the back side of plate A, as shown in Fig. 2, setscrew E,when screwed in, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3, presses against arm G, thereby forcing its projections or ears I) 1) against the front of plate A, while at the same time and by the same action of screw E projections or ears cl d on the end of clamp-piece F will be drawn against the back of plate A, thereby locking cross-bar D to plate A and said bar D may be moved back and forth asfar as slot 13 will permit the parts to be moved, and then clamped or locked in position. The ear-pieces C C, it will be seen, are depressed or stand back from the face of plate A, as indicated in the drawings, and project correspondingly on the back,whereby when said plate is fastened to the side of the window casing or pintle to support the curtain-roll there will be space between the wood-work and plate A for the free play of the back of longitudinal arm G and the slotted end of clamp-piece F. The plates A are made alike for both sides of the window; but they are fitted as right and left hand supports by the way in which the crossbar D and clamp F are combined with it.

In the drawings the parts are combined and arranged for a right-hand curtain-roll support, while for a left-hand support the detachable and movable parts are arranged on plat-ev A in reverse positions.

The part marked H, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, is one style of curtain-roll supports now in common use, and this is used in combination with the parts heretofore described, whereby important advantages are obtained. The objection to the use of said old device I-l alone is that it cannot be adjusted without making new screw-holes in the wood -finish about the top of the window, and in nearly every change of tenant curtains are used the rolls of which are not of the same length, and in a few years the wood-finish is greatly disfigured, whereas with my invention the owner of the house, when he completes the building, has only to secure in position the plates A, with the cross-bar and clamp attached,and the tenant has only to adjust the same and insert the bearing parts H and tighten the set-screws E and they are ready to receive his curtain-rolls, and when leaving he can as easily loosen set-screws E and take IOO out the bearing parts H, which go with his curtain-rolls, and the next tenant repeats the operation,while no disfigurement of the woodwork is made, and consequently a great benefit and convenience results to both the landlord and tenant. The bearing-pieces II are made with feet f f, by which they are fastened to the wood-work by screws passing through holes on m; butall of these bearing-pieces can be used in combination with plate A, crossbar D, and clamp F. The part H of the part H is made to receive the journal of the roll as well as the end of the operating-spring. No change of these parts is required in use with plate A. As there isa wide spacebetween feet f f, a flange e is formed on one edge of plate A, against which one edge of one foot f rests, as shown in the drawings. In Fig. 6 a bearingpiece I, of a slightly-different form, is shown in combination with plate A and cross-bar D. In this form the feetff' are not made so far apart, the space between them being in the form of a half-eircle,in which the base of arm G rests, and this form of bearing-piece I can be used with equal ease, the cross-bar and clamp holding them securely.

Having described myimproved curtain-roll support, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

screw E, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combinationpvith plate A and bearing-piece H, of cross-bar I) and a clamping device for holding the parts H and D in the desired adjusted position, for the purposes stated.

3. The combination,with plate A and crossbar D, of flange e and bearing-piece H, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The con1biuation,with plateAand crossbar D, of curtain-bearing piece H, provided with feet ff, and a clamping device for tight eniug, bar 1) upon feet ff and clamping them to plate A, as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The eombination,with plate A, provided with slot B, of cross-bar D, provided with curved projection D and arm G, provided with projections b b, substantially as and for the purposes described.

STEPHEN S. MACKIN. \Vitnesses:

THos. H. DODGE, PATRICK CRONIN. 

